MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

ARTS

SCULPTURE

The work of Maryland sculptors is represented at public and private sites. Maryland subjects also have inspired other artists.


[photo, General Casimir Pulaski statue, 1942 (dedicated 1951), by Hans Schuler, Patterson Park, Baltimore, Maryland]
  • Maryland Monuments
  • Polish Count Casimir Pulaski (1745-1779) joined the American Revolution, distinguishing himself at the Battle of Brandywine in 1777. Asked by George Washington to organize the Continental Army cavalry, Pulaski is called the "Father of the American Cavalry". At his last cavalry charge (shown left) during the 1779 Siege of Savannah, he suffered fatal battle wounds.

    General Casimir Pulaski Memorial, 1942 (dedicated 1951), by Hans Schuler, Patterson Park, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


    [photo, Edgar Allan Poe statue (1917), by Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Gordon Plaza, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland]





    Edgar Allan Poe statue (quoting from The Raven: "Dreaming Dreams No Mortal Ever Dared to Dream Before") (1917), by Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Gordon Plaza, Maryland Ave. & West Mt. Royal Ave., University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


    [photo, Chapin A. Harris (1806-1860) Monument (1922), by Edward Berge, Wyman Park Drive & 31st St., Baltimore, Maryland]
  • Berge, Edward Henry (1876-1924)
    Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1876
    Died in Baltimore, Maryland, 1924
    World War I Monument (1920), Calvert County Courthouse, Prince Frederick, Maryland
    Chapin A. Harris Monument (1922), Baltimore, Maryland
  • Berge, Henry (1908-1998)
    Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1908
    Died in Baltimore, Maryland, November 29, 1998
  • Chapin A. Harris (1806-1860) Monument (1922), by Edward Berge, Wyman Park Drive & 31st St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    Harris founded the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, the first dental school in the world, in 1840.


    [photo, Sculpture Garden, Baltimore Museum of Art, Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, Maryland]

    Sculpture Garden, Baltimore Museum of Art, Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.



    [photo, Thurgood Marshall Memorial Statue, Lawyers' Mall, College Ave. & Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland]


    Thurgood Marshall Memorial Statue, by Knoxville, Maryland sculptor, Antonio T. Mendez, Lawyers' Mall, College Ave. & Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland, April 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


    [photo, Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Memorial</a> (1914), Hampstead Hill, Patterson Park, Baltimore, Maryland]
  • Miller, Joseph Maxwell (1877-1933)
    Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 23, 1877
    Died in Baltimore, Maryland, February 20, 1933
    French Soldiers & Sailors Monument (1911), St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland
    Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Memorial (1914), in front of Pagoda, Hampstead Hill, Patterson Park,
    Baltimore, Maryland
    World War I Monument (1919), Upper Marlboro, Maryland
  • Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Memorial (1914), by J. Maxwell Miller, in front of Pagoda, Hampstead Hill, Patterson Park, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt. Sculpture depicts two school children holding a scroll that reads: “To commemorate the centennial of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, the pupils of the public schools of Baltimore have erected this memorial upon Hampstead Hill where in September, 1814, the citizen soldiers of Maryland stood ready to sacrifice their lives in defense of their homes and their country.”



    [photo, Major General Samuel Smith statue (1917), by Hans Schuler, Federal Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland] [photo, Sculpture of man, Hans Schuler Studio and Residence, 7 East Lafayette Ave., Baltimore, Maryland]
  • Schuler, Hans (1874-1951)
    Born in Morange, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, May 25, 1874.
    Died in Baltimore, Maryland, March 30, 1951.
    Major General Samuel Smith (1917), Federal Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland
    Alumni Memorial Tablet (1920), St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland
    Sidney Lanier Memorial (1941), The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

  • Major General Samuel Smith statue (left) (1917), by Hans Schuler, Federal Hill Park, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    Sculpture of man (right), Hans Schuler Studio & Residence, 7 East Lafayette Ave., Baltimore, Maryland, November 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


    [photo, Sidney Lanier Memorial sculpture, by Hans Schuler (1941), The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland]




    Sidney Lanier Memorial sculpture, by Hans Schuler (1941), The Johns Hopkins University, North Charles St. near University Parkway, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2003. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


    [photo, Holocaust sculpture, by Joseph Shepperd, Holocaust Memorial, Lombard St. and Gay St., Baltimore, Maryland]

    Holocaust Memorial (1988), by Joseph Sheppard, Holocaust Memorial, Lombard St. & Gay St., Baltimore, Maryland, June 2007. Photo by Diane F.Evartt.


    [Studio of Grace H. Turnbull at Guilford, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Turnbull, Grace H. (1880-1976)
    Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 30, 1880
    Died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 26, 1976
  • Volck, Frederick (1833-1891)
    Born in Germany, 1833
    Died in 1891
  • Studio of Grace H. Turnbull at Guilford, Baltimore, Maryland, April 2013. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


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